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The governor of the Central Province, Sri Lanka (Sinhala: මධ්යම පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවරයා Madhyama palāth āndukāravarayā), is the head of the provincial government and exercises executive power over subjects devolved to the Central Provincial Council.[1] The governor is appointed by the president of Sri Lanka for a period of five years.[1] The current governor is Lalith U Gamage
Governor of Central Province | |
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Incumbent since 21November 2019Lalith U Gamage | |
Appointer | President of Sri Lanka |
Term length | 5 years |
Inaugural holder | E. L. B. Hurulle |
Formation | June 1988 |
Website | centralprovincegovernor |
No. | Name | Portrait | Party | Took office | Left office | Refs | |
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1 | E. L. B. Hurulle | United National Party | June 1988 | 1 February 1990 | [2][3] | ||
2 | P. C. Imbulana | United National Party | 1 February 1990 | May 1994 | [4][5] | ||
3 | E. L. Senanayake | United National Party | May 1994 | 1998 | |||
4 | Stanley Tillekeratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | May 1998 | 2000 | [6][7] | ||
5 | Tudor Dassanayake | Independent | 1 February 2000 | 1 January 2001 | [8][9] | ||
6 | K. B. Ratnayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | January 2001 | 27 June 2002 | [10][11] | ||
7 | Monty Gopallawa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 27 June 2002 | 26 September 2005 | [12][13] | ||
8 | Jagath Balasuriya (acting) | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 26 September 2005 | 16 December 2005 | [14] | ||
9 | Tikiri Kobbekaduwa | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 16 December 2005 | 19 January 2015 | [15][16][17] | ||
10 | Surangani Ellawala | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 27 January 2015 | 14 March 2016 | [18][19][20][21][22] | ||
11 | Niluka Ekanayake | Independent | 14 March 2016 | 11 April 2018 | [23][24][25] | ||
12 | Reginald Cooray | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 12 April 2018 | 13 April 2018 | [26] | ||
13 | P. B. Dissanayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 13 April 2018 | 3 January 2019 | [27][28] | ||
14 | Maithri Gunaratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 3 January 2019 | 3 August 2019 | |||
15 | Keerthi Thennakoon | Independent | 4 August 2019 | 12 November 2019 | |||
16 | Lalith U Gamage | Independent | 12 November 2019 | Present |
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